7 Jfimflflm Gene E. Sawyer Gene was burn on June 1, 1730 in Curtis, Nebraska to David and Bessie (Boyd) Sawyer. Having moved to Shelton at a very young age, Gene attended Shelton schools and graduated from Irene 8. Reed High School in i949. Following high school, he served in the Unit- \ed States Army. Gene married Shirley A. Bender in Shelton on June 10,1953, in the early years, he owned and operated a part-time TV repair shop and worked in the Central Maintenance Shop at the Simpson Timber Company for 35 years, After leaving the Simpson Timber Company, Gene worked as the Electrical Superintendent for the State of Washington, retiring in January of 2000. He and his wite loved la travel to Arizona for a few months, but needed to come back home to be near his grandchildren. He enioyed working in his vord and fishing, was a lifetime member of the V.F.W., and was a member of the l,B.E.W. Union Local #76 and the First Baptist Church of Shel- ton. Gene passed away in Arizona on Tuesday, March (a, 1007, at the age of 76 years, He is survived by his wite, Shirley, of Olympia; two sons, Craig, of Kirkland, and Jeff, of Olympia; one daughter, Sherri Webster, of Edmonds; four grand- children, Knitlyn, Brynn, and No- lan Webster, of Edmonds, and Jack Sawyer, of Olympia; and two cousins, Rollin and Robert Aitken, of Shelton. A graveside service will be held at the Shelton Memo~ riol Park on Thursday, March is, 2007, beginning at it :00 am, and a celebration of Genes life will be held at the First Baptist Church oi Shelton on Thursday, March 15, 2007, beginning at i230 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Gene Sawyer Scholarship Fund, do Our Community Credit Union, 2948 Olympic Highway North, Shelton, Washington, 985341. Arrangements are under the direction of McComb Funeral Home, Shelton, Washing» ton. , OCR Text: ,7 Jfimflflm Gene E. Sawyer Gene was burn on June 1, 1730 in Curtis, Nebraska to David and Bessie (Boyd) Sawyer. Having moved to Shelton at a very young age, Gene attended Shelton schools and graduated from Irene 8. Reed High School in i949. Following high school, he served in the Unit- \ed States Army. Gene married Shirley A. Bender in Shelton on June 10,1953, in the early years, he owned and operated a part-time TV repair shop and worked in the Central Maintenance Shop at the Simpson Timber Company for 35 years, After leaving the Simpson Timber Company, Gene worked as the Electrical Superintendent for the State of Washington, retiring in January of 2000. He and his wite loved la travel to Arizona for a few months, but needed to come back home to be near his grandchildren. He enioyed working in his vord and fishing, was a lifetime member of the V.F.W., and was a member of the l,B.E.W. Union Local #76 and the First Baptist Church of Shel- ton. Gene passed away in Arizona on Tuesday, March (a, 1007, at the age of 76 years, He is survived by his wite, Shirley, of Olympia; two sons, Craig, of Kirkland, and Jeff, of Olympia; one daughter, Sherri Webster, of Edmonds; four grand- children, Knitlyn, Brynn, and No- lan Webster, of Edmonds, and Jack Sawyer, of Olympia; and two cousins, Rollin and Robert Aitken, of Shelton. A graveside service will be held at the Shelton Memo~ riol Park on Thursday, March is, 2007, beginning at it :00 am, and a celebration of Genes life will be held at the First Baptist Church oi Shelton on Thursday, March 15, 2007, beginning at i230 p.m. Memorials may be made to the Gene Sawyer Scholarship Fund, do Our Community Credit Union, 2948 Olympic Highway North, Shelton, Washington, 985341. Arrangements are under the direction of McComb Funeral Home, Shelton, Washing» ton. , Mason County Genealogical Society,Obituaries,Obituaries for Shelton Cemetery,S Last Name,Sawyer, Gene E. #1.tif,Sawyer, Gene E. #1.tif, Sawyer, Gene E. #1.tif